Were yesterday. We have to point out rayford being a little stubborn this morning. Solet get straight it your forecast for the day ahead. 70 out the door. 8 a. M. Baaing 82 back to 82 by lunchtime. Thats where we should be. Very close to that. Then back to 85 as we head towards 6 00 this evening. No rain in our forecast for today or the rest of the workweek. The weekend could be a different y. Happy wednesday. Halfway through the workweek. Bright and early no excuse not to get to work on time many through the raleigh area things look good. 540, all green on our maps. No delays out there. Same thing if youre traveling through durham. No crash reported yet this morning. And down through fayetteville the time to get out there. If youre flying bright and early looks like your flight should be arriving on conditions. Always a good idea to check with your carrier first. At i540. Quite a bit of people out there for this time of the morning. Again, no major delays out there. Things are moving
Mississippi through alabama and georgia. It has weakened some, but the impact here tonight do not look like they have changed much as we headed to tomorrow. This is not the snow, and sleep we had a week ago. This is also not the Severe Weather outbreak we had five years ago that brought 30 tornadoes to the state. I got that question a few times tonight. It is our biggest threat of Severe Weather, so far this season. Even though it is still f ebruary. Tonight, all is calm, not a lot showing up on the radar, but it is still cloudy, foggy, misty and drizzly outside. Its still chilly. One of the things that is going to start this whole process that leads us into tomorrow is this warm front. That will move through, and bring us unusually warm weather around 70 degrees tomorrow. It is also going to bring us that unusual threat of Severe Weather in late february. This area of low pressure will slide over North Carolina, combined with the moist air and warm energized atmosphere to bring us the
Its the calm before the storm outside this morning. Nice warm temperatures right now. But we are in for a nasty day. Yeah. Youll want to be very cautious out lets turn things over meteorologist 33 we want to give you a quick traffic update as you head out and about this morning. Good news. There are no trouble spots to repopo in or around the capital city. But we will continue to keep our eyes on the road and update you if anything changes for your morning commute. Abc columbia wants to help you jump start your day. We have a quick rundown of your top morning headlines. So, lets get started. Severe weather is sweeping the deep south. The National Weather service has confirmed reports of tornadoes in louisiana, mississippi, alabama and florida. At least three people have been killed. This is the system that meteorologist Jonathan Kennedy will be tracking throughout the morning. Stay with a bc columbia for the latest and any Severe Weather updates. Turning our attention to vote 2016. Don
Childhood to say that he does not fit into the narrow category of people of eligible for the Death Penalty. Prosecutors say he serves the Death Penalty. Melissa hugginsjones not only suffered physically but emotionally and was no doubt worried about her 8yearold daughter who was sleeping down the hall as she lied dying. She had been struck 18 times at this point. Lying there in a pool of ood. Helpless. Travion smith should be punished. And nished severely. You, as an individual, believe that the Death Penalty is not the appropriate punishment, and the answer to that question is, no. Smith guilty of firstdegree murder in about an hour after two weeks testimony. How long this difficult history has 38 mitigating factors to consider it away along with two aggravating factors, and of course we will progress of e jury. One person is dead after a logging truck crashed in gaston county. It happened on ghway 321. Lo festivals across the 2 lane road. Stopping traffic. Highway patrol has not said
Announced an Early Release tomorrow because of this threat. Lets give you the latest on the storm system heading our way. Three storms killed three people. Louisiana three people died when it hit this area. Right now the line of storms is going across parts of alabama and florida. Our chief meteorologist is tracking the system and joins us now with when the storms are expected here, greg . Reporter it looks like the main threat is going to be from middle to late morning tomorrow and through the afternoon. There are some chances it may evening. All of this is part of a large system that is centered in the upper atmosphere now. You see the rotation here. Having it moved out of northeast texas into parts of arkansas and louisiana now. Again, the one thing, one of the 59 things we are watching is the fact many things that we are watching is the strength increase. We will talk more about that segment. Hajet is going to represent the about 34,000 feet up. A lot of energy with that. That will